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ice skate

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ice skate

–noun
1. a shoe fitted with a metal blade for skating on ice.
2. skate 1 (def. 3).

Origin:
1895–1900

ice-skate

[ahys-skeyt]
–verb (used without object), -skat⋅ed, -skat⋅ing.
to skate on ice.

Origin:
1945–50; v. use of ice skate


ice skater, noun
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ice skate  
n.  A shoe or light boot with a metal runner or blade fitted to the sole, used for skating on ice.
ice'-skate' (īs'skāt') v., ice skater n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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